Closure for cabinets and the like



Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITE ST ADAM V. GUISS, O-F NAPPANEE, INDIANA, ASSIGNGR TO COPPESBROTHERS & ZOOK, OF NAPPANEE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

CLOSURE FOR CABINETS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed February 17, 1923,

To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, ADAM V. GUIss, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Nappanee, in the county ofElkhart and State of Indiana, have invented a new and li'uproved Clcsurefor Cabinets and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinets, and has particularreference to a closure for kitchen cabinets and mounting therefor.

An object of the invention is to provide a compartment closure for acabinet which, when in closing or partially closed position, will besecurely maintained in association with the cabinet, but which may bedetached therefrom when adjusted to a predetermined position.

Another object is the provision of a flexible closure and mountingtherefor of exceedingly simple and effective construction.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail de' scription, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a kitchencabinet showing the present invention applied therto;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing the closure ina partially,

ie side wall 8 of the compartment 7 is ll adjacent the top andpreferably at :1" 5 v forward of a medial line between the front andrtinent with a circular i; rearwardly ex- Seriill No. 519,693.

tending channel 10 communicating therewith. At the rear end of thechannel the same is curved upwardly, as indicated at 11, after which thesame is extended forwardly, as at 12. The forward end of the channel 12is curved downwardly, as shown at 13 and extends parallel with and alongthe front edge of the wall 8 to the bottom thereof. As clearly shown atthe right hand end of Figure 4%, the recess 9 is of a greater depth thanthe channel 12 for a purpose which will presently appear. The oppositeside wall 14 of the compartment is provided with a recess 15 of lessdepth than the recess 9 and also with a channel 16 of the sameconfiguration as the channel 10 and having the same depth as the recess15.

The closure 17 is made flexible by constructing the same of a pluralityof sections hingedly connected along their longitudinal edges by abacking 18 of flexible material and is designed to be rolled intocompact form, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, preparatory to beingintroduced into the cabinet. When associating the closure with thecabinet, one end portion of the closure is first introduced into therecess 9, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 4-, and by engagingsaid end with the bottom of the recess the other end may be elevateduntil the same is brought into alignment with the recess 15, after whicha slight lateral movement of the roll with respect to the side wallswill position an end of the closure in the recess 15, whereupon saidclosure will be supported in the full line position shown in Figure 4,The free or outer end of the closure may then be in'troduceo'into thechannels 10 and 16 and forced along these channels to substantially theposition shown in Figure 2, in which position the handle 19 may begrasped and the closure adjusted to its closing position. When the endportions of the closure are engaged in the channels 10 and 16, lateralmovement of the closure with respect to the side walls of the cabinet isprevented due to the fact that the distance between the bottoms of thechannels 10 and 16 is the same as the width of the closure.

Should it be desired to remove the closure from the cabinet the same maybe forced into the recesses 9 and 15 so that the end portions of theclosure will be entirely confined in said recesses, whereupon a slightlateral movement of the closure with respect to the side walls will besufficient to detach one end from the recess 15 and said end lowered, asindicated in dotted lines in Figure 4, following which the other end ofthe closure may be detached from the recess 9.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a cabinet, :1 body having a compartment including side walls eachprovided with a recess and a communicating channel, and a closure havingonly slidingmovement in said channels when engaged therein and having alateral movement with respect to said side walls when engaged in saidrecesses and disengaged from said channels, said lateral movement beingsuflicient toenable theclosure tobe removed from said recesses.

2. In acabinet, a body having a compartment including side walls eachprovided with a recess and a communicating channel, and a closuremovable in said channels, and also into a position within the confinesof said recesses the width of said closure being the same as thedistance between the bottoms of said channels and less than that betweenthe bottoms of said, recesses to enable the removal of the closure fromsaid compartment by a lateral movement of the closure relative to saidside walls when the closure is moved to the position within the confinesof said recesses.

3; In a cabinet, a bodyhaving a compartment including side walls eachprovided with a recess and a communicating channel, and a closure havingits BIId'POPtlOIISmOV- able in said channels when being adjusted toopened or closed positions, the end portions of said closure being alsomovable to a position entirely within the confines of said recesses, oneof said recesses being of a greater depth than the other to permit of alateral adjustment of the closure with respect to saidside walls whenthe closure is in its last named position,said lateral adjustment beingsuflicient to enable the clo sure to be removed from the recesses.

4. In a cabinet, abody having acon partment including side walls eaclihaving a channel d ac mmunica i g r cess ther the recessin one side wallbelng of a greater depth than the channel therein, and a flexibleclosure movable in said channels and also into said recesses, saidclosure being capable of lateral movement relative to said side wallswhen moved into said recesses and disengaged from said channels, saidlateral adjustment being sufiicient to enable the closure to be removedfrom the recesses.

ADAM V. GUISS.

